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FUNDAMENTALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fundamentalism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Derivation:
fundamentalist (an adherent of fundamentalist principles)
fundamentalistic (of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fundamentalism" is a kind of...):
Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)
Derivation:
fundamentalist (a supporter of fundamentalism)
fundamentalistic (of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents)
